Reading - Character Traits

Margaret from Voyage on the Titanic

Jack from Magic Tree House 

After reading their partner books, students have been working hard on representing their characters through recycled materials/found objects.

Diwali

Diwali is being celebrated throughout the world.  We learned a little bit about the celebration today in class, but students are encouraged to research more tonight.  They can obtain interesting information on the site below.

http://www.kidsgen.com/events/diwali/

Measuring Long Jumps

Hard at Work Doing African Landform Projects!

More Pictures from the Darien Nature Center!

Field Trip to Darien Nature Center

Homework:

Research 4 rivers in Africa.  Find the lenth of each river and order the lengths from longest to shortest
Read - 25 minutes

***extra credit - play geography games 

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/African_Geography.htm


*students are starting group research projects on African landforms.